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5. IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE ALSO BACKGROUND TO THE STATE- MENT, REPORTED BY THE BBC AS COMING FROM THE FCO, THAT HMG WERE HOPING THAT TAIWAN WOULD DO MORE TO TAKE IN REFUGEES

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